Chris Froome believes he can race for five more years

Chris Froome believes he can race for five more years

Chris Froome feels he can continue to race for at least five more years, by which point he would be 38. In an interview with Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport , the Team Sky rider also claimed that very few riders - "maybe no one" - would be able to handle his training regime. “I am convinced that I can keep going for another five years - so up to 38 years old," Froome said. The assertion did, however, come with a condition: "It must be at top level." Five more years would see Froome compete until then end of 2023 and would give him a career span of 16 years after turning professional in 2008. Froome's current contract with Team Sky runs out at the end of 2020. If he were to continue riding for five more seasons, he would likely have to battle rising star Egan Bernal ...